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2 people shot to death in Springfield in one day

Associated Press,

Posted:
06/05/2014 11:19:24 AM EDT

Updated:
06/05/2014 11:19:24 AM EDT

SPRINGFIELD (AP) -- Springfield police are investigating the city’s second fatal shooting in less than 24 hours.

Officers responding to 911 calls found 33-year-old Juan Rodriguez Jr. on the ground outside a residence on Avon Place just before 5 p.m. Wednesday suffering from several gunshot wounds. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Witnesses described hearing a disturbance in the area before the shooting.

There had been no arrests as of Thursday morning.

The shooting occurred just hours after 23-year-old Darrell Jenkins was fatally shot in the city’s Forest Park neighborhood just after midnight Wednesday. There have been no arrests in that case either.

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